night life

aretha franklin

in the evening

when the sun goes down

you're gonna find me

doin'

what i'm doin' right now

and next just sitting around

the night life

it ain't no good life

but it's my life

yes it is

and all good people

good people

just like you and me

they're sitting around dreaming

sitting around dreaming about that used to be

well

the night life

ask anybody if that it ain't no good life

but that's alright because it's my life

oh

yes it is

oh

listen to the blues

to the blues and what they're playing

i wonder tonight

are you really listening to the blues

to the blues and what they're saying

what they seem to be playing to me that's

that many people have loved

and they seem to be saying to me that many people have lost

well

listen

they might not to have loved at all

if they had know that they couldn't pay the cost

oh

they tell me

yeah

they tell me

yeah

they tell me

yeah

they tell me

they tell me that life is just an empty scene

they say that is older than the oldest broken hearts

and they tell me that is newer than the newest stood dreams

well

the night life

what i'm doin' right now ain't no good life

but that's alright with me

because it's my life

yes it is

i tell you that the night life sure ain't no good life

well

but it's my life

yes it is

yeah